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Background

Valve recently made a change to how their CS:GO servers operate. To start your CS:GO server, you’ll now need a Gameserver Login Token (GSLT) to be registered with your server. At the time of writing, this change is expected to go live sometime next week, according to Valve.

This may seem cumbersome at first, but is fairly easy to do. We’ll walk you through how to, step-by-step below.

One of the advantages of using GSLTs is that people who add your server to favorites will still be able to find and connect to your server, even if you change hosting provider and/or the IP / port of your server. This was something that previously was impossible.

At the bottom of this post, there’ll be an FAQ with some of the most common questions regarding GSLTs and answers to them. Continue reading →

Step 1 - Go to the GSLT creation page

Step 2 - Create your token

To create a token you’ll need to fill in the two fields at the bottom of the page under “Create a new game server account”:App ID: Fill in the ID of the game you want to create a token for. In this case, 730 for CS:GO.Memo: Fill in the name of your new token. Make sure it is something you remember so you know which server this is for. For example, it could be the same as the hostname of your server.

Step 3 - Get the ID of your newly generated token

Once you click create, your “Login Token” will appear. Simply copy the string and paste it in the input field below: